News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Sedrick Lemont Jenkins, 42, of Myrtle Beach, was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Temple Hills man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for his role in a cocaine distribution conspiracy and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced new details about Salute to America including a flight demonstration by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and a generous donation of additional fireworks. Salute to America, a part of this year’s annual Independence Day celebration on the National Mall, will feature remarks by President Donald J. Trump to honor America’s armed forces.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Devon Davey Hudson, a/k/a Davey Wayne Hudson, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down today by the Honorable Jon S. Tigar, U.S. District Judge.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Across the country 158 million Americans have health care plans sponsored by their employer or union. Some Democrats are advocating to take away millions of people’s health care plans to replace it with an expensive government-run, single-payer system. This would effectively eliminate people’s choice and raise their taxes for worse health care.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will implement fire restrictions for public lands managed by its Arcata Field Office in Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino counties, beginning Monday, July 1. The restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-Nathan Thomas Trujillo, a Denver resident who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine in the Billings community, was sentenced on June 27 to 20 years and eight months in prison and five years of supervised release, said U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - A bipartisan group of Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today requesting a review of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) drug inspection program following a series of recent recalls of contaminated blood pressure...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: A bipartisan group of Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today requesting a review of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) drug inspection program following a series of recent recalls of contaminated blood pressure medications that were...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - Matthew T. Albence, deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Anthony Salisbury, special agent in charge of ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Miami, announced the results of an international weapons trafficking operation with law enforcement partners in Argentina and Brazil.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is temporarily closing public lands in and near Whitewater Canyon, Riverside County, due to the potential threat of wildfire. This public safety closure will start Monday, July 1, and will remain in effect until further notice.
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretaries Pompeo and Mnuchin: As you are aware, on June 3, 2019, the Rapid Support Forces under the command of Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (aka ‘Hemeti’) fanned out across Khartoum using brute force, including live fire, to disperse unarmed pro-democracy protesters. During the course of this...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the arrest of Ali Hussein Salamey (37, Tampa) for international parental kidnapping. If convicted, Salamey faces a maximum penalty of three years in federal prison. Salamey was arrested on a federal complaint on June 21, 2019, in Atlanta, Georgia as he exited an international flight.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Chair Stacey E. Plaskett, and the Democratic members of the subcommittee, sent a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue expressing strong concern.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: FBI Offers Reward of Up to $5,000 for Information on Renton, Washington Church Display Defacement.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, NV - On June 25th interagency fire resources responded to multiple fire starts in Pershing County along State Route 400, four miles south of Mill City. The largest of these starts, the Union Fire, grew to 1,245 acres before being controlled on June 26th. The cause of this fire was determined...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: GLENDALE HEIGHTS, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Hudapack Metal Treating of Illinois Inc. - based in Glendale Heights, Illinois - for 21 serious health and safety violations. The company faces penalties of $181,662.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Florida man was sentenced yesterday in connection with his role in an international money laundering scheme designed to hide the illicit proceeds of business email compromise (BEC) schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Mouhamed Camara, age 29, of Reisterstown, Maryland to 10 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for Carjacking, and Using, Carrying, and Brandishing a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich announced today that Raytheon Company, a supplier of equipment to various Government agencies, has agreed to pay $1.075 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by inducing the County of Los Angeles, California...
